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Macworld Daily
News Thursday - February 10,
2005 No immediate plans for digital
radio on iPod By Macworld staff Satellite radio company Sirius
has confirmed that it discussed the possibility of adding a digital radio
service to the iPod with Apple, but the company declined the
offer. According to a Sirius spokesman,
Apple CEO Steve jobs didn't see a need to combine the orbital broadcasters
functions in the device. However, although Jobs said he
does not currently believe iPod users need anything other than the ability to
download thousands of songs, he said this might change in the future, especially
if satellite radio provided more interesting content. Enhancements Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin told the
FT: "Whether you put satellite radio in a cell phone, video game or MP3 player
this could be an enhancement." To back up his argument he noted Sony's decision
to add radio to its Walkman cassette player. Analysts have previously
suggested that satellite radio is likely to converge with music players and
other portable devices, writes Reuters. While Satellite radio remains a
small market in the US, it is expected to grow. A survey by JPMorgan found that
demand is strong, and predicted subscribers will increase to 35m by
2010. Here in the UK of course the
focus is on DAB ? a completely different approach to digital radio and one that
uses a different codec for compressing the digital audio. PAUL DAVID
Chairman, Brent Visually-Handicapped Group Registered Charity No.: 272955 |
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